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...Brown had a cushion before he even set foot on the mound. It took Harvard (19-10) just two outs in the top of the first inning to claim the lead, when freshman Matt Vance sent a line-hugging double into the left-field corner, advanced to third on a groundout, and then scored on a sacrifice fly by junior Josh Klimkiewicz. Rookie Steffan Wilson—who had taken first with a pitch to the helmet and advanced to second on Klimkiewicz’s fly-out—scored on captain Schuyler Mann’s single...
...tolerance of the other color. More than gracious, St. Louis was as fretful as Kansas City for the well-being of Third Baseman George Brett when, near the finish of the fifth game, he went sliding after a foul ball, skidded into his dugout and onto the spacious cushion of Coach Lee May. With a whistle, Royals Manager Dick Howser declared later, "May's catch was the play of the night." Spared a concussion, though not a finger in the eye, Brett had to sit out a bleary half-inning. But first he got another...
...collapse of the cartel would hurt some producers much more than others. Guillermo Bedregal Gutierrez, the Bolivian Planning Minister, says the fall in tin prices could cost his poverty-ridden country $180 million a year in lost foreign-exchange earnings. But Thailand and Malaysia have managed to cushion themselves against the recent market glut and falling prices by steadily diversifying their economies...
After last weekend’s Ivy-opening matches saw Harvard win only two of its six doubles contests—both in tiebreaks—this early cushion was more than welcome...
Madick got all the cushion she needed in the top of the fourth, when shortstop Lauren Brown ended a two-out rally with a three-run homer to centerfield that pushed the Crimson lead...